Navy SEAL Tests Positive for COVID-19 at Base in Washington

Students in SEAL qualification training navigate the surf during a maritime operations training exercise in Coronado, California, on Oct. 28, 2010 Blake Midnight/US Navy via Getty Images

Just 20 miles from the clinic where a 35-year-old man with a cough and fever became the nation’s first identified case of COVID-19, a Navy SEAL has tested positive at a naval training base in Washington.

“The individual is currently isolated on base and restricted in movement in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines,” Naval Special Warfare Command said in a statement on March 19.